EP1630472A2 - Ballon gonflable destiné à l'éclairage - Google Patents

Ballon gonflable destiné à l'éclairage Download PDF

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EP1630472A2
EP1630472A2 EP05405347A EP05405347A EP1630472A2 EP 1630472 A2 EP1630472 A2 EP 1630472A2 EP 05405347 A EP05405347 A EP 05405347A EP 05405347 A EP05405347 A EP 05405347A EP 1630472 A2 EP1630472 A2 EP 1630472A2
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Andrea Bonsembiante
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V3/00—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses
    • F21V3/02—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses characterised by the shape
    • F21V3/023—Chinese lanterns; Balloons
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/06—Bases for movable standing lamps; Fixing standards to the bases
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2131/00—Use or application of lighting devices or systems not provided for in codes F21W2102/00-F21W2121/00
    • F21W2131/10—Outdoor lighting

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  • the present invention relates to an air inflatable balloon for lighting purposes according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • This balloon can be made with a diameter up to 5.5m and behaves like a tethered balloon which is attached to the ground by means of a Systems of cables must be anchored so that he can not migrate.
  • the helium-filled tethered balloon for lighting first proposed more than a century ago requires the use of an inert gas that is lighter than air, usually helium, which requirement severely limits its usefulness.
  • the material used must therefore be absolutely impermeable - which requires that particularly costly fabrics must be considered - and must have no gas-permeable connection areas. All this makes the realization of helium-filled balloons extremely difficult and costly.
  • the other category of inflatable balloons for lighting is that of air inflatable balloons.
  • Such balloons are much easier to manufacture and easier to handle than those previously described in the prior art because air is always present in an unrestricted amount.
  • such balloons do not raise themselves from the ground, but are mounted on a suitable support rod, through which the electrical supply cable for the lighting and possibly also a pneumatic line to inflate the balloon at the beginning and possibly to maintain the optimum inflation pressure in the Balloon serves.
  • the design advantage of air-inflated balloons over helium-filled balloons is primarily that they can be made with ordinary woven fabrics (polyester or nylon) that are inexpensive and less buoyant when the air impermeability is achieved by surface treatment, polyurethane coating, for example, to improve cost-effective fabrics suitable for use in inflatable balloons.
  • Typical of this type of balloon is that manufactured and sold under the name Sunglobe by the company Intercomm srl in 31030 Arcade (Tv) becomes.
  • This balloon is fabricated and consists of a plurality of spines forming meridian lines along which the spines are joined together to form a substantially spherical body.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the above-mentioned prior art relating to inflatable lighting balloons consisting of individual interconnected fabric battens which together form a hollow body of substantially spherical shape.
  • thermoplastic material of the intermediate layer may be a coating of the fabric which forms the spades of the balloon, or is present in a strip which is introduced into the overlapping and / or connecting zone during welding.
  • reflow of a layer of thermoplastic material allows for an absolutely airtight connection along the welds and between two adjacent fabric coils, thereby achieving the purpose of the present invention.
  • Fig. 1, 1 indicates the substantially spherical shape of the body forming the actual inflatable balloon (often referred to in commercial brochures as a luminous globe or the like).
  • the balloon 1 is filled with compressed air and, in contrast to the known helium-filled balloons, must therefore be supported by means of a supporting rod 2 which is supported on the ground, for example by means of a tripod 3 (or by any other attachment device).
  • the rod 2 is preferably formed as a telescopic rod.
  • a lighting fixture is housed (not shown in the figure) which illuminates the balloon 1 from the inside, which in turn can emit a diffused light in all directions - or only down if the balloon in the upper part with a equipped with a suitable reflective cap.
  • the device is, of course, provided with all the electrical and mechanical means required to supply air under a slight overpressure (which is a few millibars) and to supply the lighting fixture with electrical energy. All this corresponds to the known state of the art and is in brochures and instructions for use of the above-mentioned company Intercomm for the balloon Sunglobe detailed. Therefore, a more detailed description of the constructive details of the apparatus, for which reference is made to the cited documents, which contain a very detailed description of the inflatable balloon according to the invention, is unnecessary here. However, what is apparent from Fig.
  • the balloon 1 consists of individual coils 5, 5 ', 5 “, 5"', 5 iv , etc., which along one another along a meridian line 6, 6 ', 6 ", 6"', etc., are connected. From Fig. 1 it is further apparent that at the lower pole 4 of the balloon 1, a connection disc 7 is present, in which all the spades 5, 5 ', 5 ", 5"', etc., converge. By means of this disc 7, the balloon 1 is attached substantially airtight to the support rod 2, which serves to support and power.
  • the present invention relates only to the interconnection of the fabric panels 5, 5 ', 5 ", 5"', etc., taking into account all the other characteristics of the inflatable luminous balloon apparatus known in the field and in the literature ,
  • Said compound is carried out according to the invention by the adjacent spokes 5, 5 ', 5 “, 5"', etc., along a meridian line 6, 6 ', 6 ", 6"', etc., are welded together by means of high frequency ,
  • This type of welding which is known per se as the apparatus required for it, allows secure and rapid melting of at least one intermediate layer of thermoplastic material - as shown in detail in Figures 2 to 5 - along a connecting and / or overlapping zone of two adjacent spools 5, 5 ', 5 ", 5"', etc.
  • the fabric 8 which forms the spars 5, 5 ', 5 ", 5"', etc., a fabric of polyester or Polyamide (nylon) is.
  • polyester or Polyamide nylon
  • thermoplastic intermediate layer 9 is a layer which lines the fabric 8 of the balloon 1 on its entire inside (FIG. 2) and consists of a polyurethane film.
  • the polyurethane film 9 has the advantage that it allows a cost-effective treatment of the fabric 8, the RF welding much easier and very resistant at low temperatures, such as occur when the balloon is used in the winter for night lighting a ski slope ,
  • the polyurethane is very resistant to mechanical friction because it has a high elasticity, which prevents cracking.
  • it is to be regarded as an ideal material for a coating layer on the inner side of the tissue of the balloon, which is capable of making the balloon airtight and the high-frequency welding of the spades 5, 5 ', 5 ", 5"', etc. , to allow.
  • a strip 11 is made of polyester coated on at least one side with a polyurethane film 9.
  • the polyurethane film 9 melts and "sticks" airtight to the corresponding fabric 8, 8 'of the spout 5, 5' of the balloon 1.
  • a polyester strip 12 is applied on the outside B of the connecting and / or overlapping zone 10 of two adjacent strips 5, 5 ' its outwardly facing B side facing B is provided with a polyurethane layer 9.
  • the layer 9, which lines the balloon on its inner side A also has the property of strong light reflection. This property can be concentrated in particular in the upper part of the dome of the balloon 1, so that the light is reflected particularly downward.
  • the connecting and / or overlapping zone 10 of two adjacent chips 5, 5 ' is between 1 and 3 cm wide, and preferably 2 cm wide. These dimensions ideally allow the production of inflatable balloons, which are absolutely airtight, and have a diameter of 80 cm to 3 m so that they cover most of the practical requirements for "provisional” lighting (events, construction sites, Places of road accidents).
  • a further preferred embodiment of the present invention then provides that the air in the balloon 1 is kept under constant pressure by means of a compressor (not shown), which - depending on the requirements - continuously or intermittently air through the support rod 2 and the connection 7 in the interior of the balloon 1 feeds.
  • a compressor not shown
  • the better the balloon 1 is airtight the smaller the need to restore the overpressure in the balloon 1.
  • no tissue remains 100% airtight over any length of time, and since no joints, and no matter how good, between the tissue or between tissue and for example the connection disc 7 can ensure absolute tightness, it makes sense to use a pump or to provide a compressor so that the pressure prevailing inside the balloon 1 pressure can be maintained.
  • this pump is reduced thanks to the present invention to an advantageous minimum, with all the advantages this entails.
  • the air pressure prevailing in the interior of the balloon 1 is maintained between 8 and 15 millibars: this is a very small value, which, however, has proved to be more than sufficient ensuring the perfect functioning of the balloon 1 according to the invention.
  • FIG. 6 only in the sense of additional information, an overall view of a high-frequency welding machine is shown.
  • a lower punch 13 can be seen of convex curved shape, which corresponds to the shape of the meridian line of the spout 5 of the balloon 1 to be produced, and an upper punch 14, which has the same arc shape as the punch 13, but is concave:
  • the edges to be welded of the two spades 5 and 5 ' is inserted, and above or below these at most the strips 11 and / or 12 are inserted, as in connection with the in the figures to 5 shown embodiments has been described.
  • the welding is then carried out under pressure, the two punches 13 and 14 are pressed against each other with high pressure, and using high-frequency electric current whose strength is adapted to the task. All of these details correspond to the state of the art and are familiar to the person skilled in the art, so that a more detailed description is not necessary here.
  • the advantage of the present invention is mainly that air-inflatable balloons can be inexpensively manufactured for lighting purposes because they are made of low-cost fabrics such as polyurethane-impregnated polyester or polyamide (nylon) and which ensure high air-tightness That the effort to keep the balloon always in perfectly inflated form, minimized.

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DE3015962A1 (de) 1980-04-25 1981-11-05 Anton 7500 Karlsruhe Szollmann Vorrichtung zum halten und beleuchten von aufblasbaren luftballons
US4463513A (en) 1982-09-02 1984-08-07 Wallace Cornelius J Shaping balloons and inflatable spheres
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WO2008030138A3 (fr) * 2006-08-21 2008-04-24 Alexander Grigorievich Bulatov Installation d'éclairage 'ballon lumineux'
CN110056844A (zh) * 2019-05-17 2019-07-26 赣州市上杰科技有限公司 充气灯饰

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